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UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY GARRISON, OF BUCODA, WASHINGTON.

GUN-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION fOlmig part Of Letters Patent N0. 705,396, dated. yLily22, 1902.

Application filed December 26,1901. .Serial No. 87,584. (No model.) Y

To a/ZZ whom it my concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY GARRI- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Bucoda, in the county of Thurston and State ofWashington, have invented a new and Improved Gun-Cleaner, of Which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in gun-cleaners of that classiu-Which the Wiper or cleaning-pad may be adjusted to guns of differentbores; and the object is to provide a simple means for spreading thepad, and, further, to provide a novel means for securing the padmaterial to the cleaner-rod; and a still further object is to form thepad of layers of wire-cloth firmly packed or pressed together, so as towithstand Wear, but to act thoroughly in cleaning the gun.

I will describe a gun-cleaner embodying my invention and vthen point outthe novel teatures in the appended claims. Y

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis speciication,v

ing a pad-section, and Fig. 6 is a perspective' view of a pad-sectionholder.

For convenience the rod is made in sections that may be separated onefrom another. I have here shown three sections 1 2 3. lThese sectionsare tubular, and in each section is a rod-section, (indicated at t 5 6.)When the rod is put together, theinner rod-sections will abut oneagainst another, making practically a single plunger or push rod, whichis operated by a lever 7,'pivoted to the section 3 of the rod and havinga finger portion engaging against the end of the inner rod or plungerrodsection 6. These plunger-rod sections are prevented from falling outwhen the main rod is disconnected by means of a pin 8 passing throughthe rod-section and engaging in a notch 9, formed in the plunger-rodsection.

series of spring yielding fingers 10.

Fig. 2 is aV Fig. 5;

Attached to the end of the cleaner-rod is a Each finger l0 has near itsouter end an inwardly-incli-ned portion 11, against which a plungerheadl2 on the push-rod engages. Evidently by forcing the push-rodlongitudinally the said head 12 Will lspread the several lingers whichcarry the pad-sections. Each pad-seetion consists of a number of layersof Wirecloth 13, which are turned around a holdingplate 14 and thenfirmly pressed together, so as to form practically a solid mass. Beforethis pressing, however, the wire-cloth at one edge will be engagedunderneath a tongue 15, formed in the plate 14, and a reduced tongueportion 16 at the end of said plate is to be turned over the oppositeedge of the layers of wire-cloth. Inconnecting the plate 14. to a fingerl0 the end 16 of said plate is to be engaged under the hook end 17 ofthe finger, as clearly shown in Fig. `2, 'and a screw 18 is passedthrough au opening in the shank portion of the plate and engages in atapped hole in the finger. By this construction it is ob- -vious thatwhen afpad-section becomes Worn or useless it may be easily removed anda new section placed ou the holder. I have here shown three iingers l0;but it is obvious that more may be employed, if desired. The threepad-sections form practically a single pad and conform substantially toagun-barrel.

Having thus describedV my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A gun-cleaner comprising a rod, springfingers onsaid rod, means for forcing the spring-tingers outward, pad-sectionsconsisting of layers of material pressed together, a holder for eachsection, consisting of a plate having a tongue portion formed in theplate for engaging With one edge of thematerial and a reduced-tongueportion at the en'd for engaging at the opposite edge of the material,and means for securing the holding-plate to its spring-linger,substantially as specified.

2. A gun-cleanervcomprising a rod, springfingers on the end of said rod,the said springfingers having hook ends, pad-sections consisting oflayers of wire-cloth, and a holder foreach section, consistingof a platehaving In testimony whereof I have signed my tongue members forengagingopposite edges name to this specification in the presence of ofthe material, the end of said plate being two subscribing witnesses.

adapted to engage with the hook of the spring- GEORGE HENRY GARRISON. l;nger, and a screw passing through the shank XVitnesses:

of the plate and engaging with the finger, sub- CHAS. BRIFFETT,

stnntially as specified. ISAAC BLUMAUER.

